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ऋषभ
अजित
सम्भव
अभिनन्दन।
सुमति
पद्मप्रभ
सिंह
Pranat dimension of gods, on the ninth day of the dark half of the month of Jyeshtha. After the traditional post-birth rituals the name giving ceremony was celebrated. The king announced that since this being had descended into the womb of queen Padmavati, she took a variety of good vows and lead a life as disciplined as an ascetic. As such the new born be named Munisuvrat (vows like ascetics).
In due course Munisuvrat was married and ascended the throne. After a successful and long reign he became an ascetic on the eighth day of the dark half of the month of Phalgun. He wandered as an ordinary ascetic for eleven months and attained omniscience under a Champa tree. His first discourse was on the subject of "scriptural and applied philosophy". After a long life devoted to spread of true religion he went to Sammetshikhar and got liberated on the ninth day of the dark half of the month of Jyeshtha.
Bhagavan Munisuvrat's period was an important period of Jain pre-history. His illustrious contemporaries and followers included stalwarts like the ninth Chakravarti-Mahapadma, the eighth Prativasudev, Baldev, and Vasudev; Ravan, Rama and Lakshman respectively. The elder brother of Bhagavan Munisuvrat, ascetic Vishnu Kumar, also became famous for his pioneering effort of saving the Jain organisation from the oppressions of Minister Namuchi; the Rakshabandhan festival is celebrated in the memory of that event.
गज
वृषभ
लक्ष्मी
२१. भगवान नमिनाथ
पुष्पमाला
बन
अपराजित स्वर्ग से च्यवकर एक महान् पुण्यशाली जीव ने मिथिला की राजरानी महादेवी विप्रा के गर्भ में प्रवेश किया। रानी ने १४ शुभ स्वप्न देखकर महाराज विजय को निवेदन किया। स्वप्न पाठकों ने बताया"महारानी के गर्भ में कोई चक्रवर्ती सम्राट् या धर्म चक्रवर्ती तीर्थंकर का जीव पल रहा है।"
एक बार जब बालक गर्भ में था तब शत्रु राजाओं ने अचानक मिथिला नगरी को चारों तरफ से घेर लिया। शान्तिप्रिय राजा विजय चिन्तित हो उठे। तभी विशिष्ट निमित्त ज्ञानी ने एक उपाय बताया-उसके अनुसार महारानी विप्रा राजप्रासाद की छत पर चढ़ीं और अत्यन्त सौम्य भावों के साथ नगर के चारों तरफ खड़ी शत्रु सेना पर दृष्टि डाली। गर्भस्थ शिशु के शान्तिमय तेजस् परमाणुओं के प्रभाव से माता की दृष्टि में अत्यन्त सौम्यता और तेजस्विता का आविर्भाव हुआ जिसका प्रभाव शत्रु सेना के मन पर पड़ा। शत्रु राजाओं का हृदय बदल गया। विजय करने आये थे, परन्तु स्वयं विजित हो गये और राजा विजय के समक्ष सभी ने समर्पण कर नमन किया।
Illustrated Tirthankar Charitra
(८० )
सचित्र तीर्थकर चरित्र
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| SR No. | 002582 |
| Book Title | Sachitra Tirthankar Charitra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana |
| Publisher | Padma Prakashan |
| Publication Year | 1995 |
| Total Pages | 292 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, History, & Story |
| File Size | 13 MB |